Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

monogram that appears to read “JPD” (Private mint edgemark+ BRONZE.) Lustrous AU, Obv: Large plane at center withcountryside landscape below. In the distance at left is a smallerbi-plane and a zeppelin can be seen in the distance at upper right.Rx: Ornate uninscribed cartouche at lower center over a laurel1575. NANTES BEAUX ARTS SCHOOL AWARD MEDAL, 1914. CGI3: 216D. 45mm. Bronze. Jean Lagrange, (Obv.) H. Dubois Rev.).,Sc. Unc. Original wooden presentation case. Unc. Obv: Seatednude youth in the process of drawing on a tablet. The subject isa sculpture of a male bust on a pedestal, an urn at the foot of thepedestal. Rx: Open wreath surrounding an engraved inscription:ECOLE/ REGIONALE/ DES BEAUX-ARTS/ NANTES/ DESSINARTISTIQUE./ COURS SUPERIEUR/ 1 ERE DIVISION/ 2MEPRIX/ PINCHAUD/ GERMAINE/ 1914. (C)Lot 1572 (reduced)1572. “LES SPORTS” (1902) . CGI3: 104C. 68mm. Bronze. AlexandreLucien Courdray, Sc. (Paris Mint. Cornucopia BRONZE edgemark.)AU, Obv: An Art Nouveau style female personification of Victorypoints the way to success in the distance to a young nude maleathlete. Rx: Scene of a shooting range in the background withvarious pieces of sports equipment surrounding an uninscribedcartouche. (D-E)1573. PORTRAIT MEDAL OF LOUIS PAUL CAILLETET, 1909. CGI3: 396B. 56x40mm Silver Plated Bronzed. Frederic Vernon, Sc.(Paris Mint. Cornucopia BRONZE edgemark. Housed in its purpleplush case of issue. Obv: Right profile bust of Cailletet. L. P.CAILLETET/ MEMBRE DE L’INSTITUT in the exergue. Rx: Reliefof the Eiffel Tower, a free gas balloon, a gas generator, and laurelleaf branch depicted, LIQUEFACTION/ DES GAZ /1877 above.JUBILE/ ACADEMIQUE/ 1884-1909 below. Cailletet was a Frenchphysicist, noted for his work on the liquefaction of gases. On Dec.2, 1877, Cailletet became the first to liquefy oxygen. (C)Lot 1574 (reduced)1574. EARLY AVIATION MEDAL, ND. 46mm. Bronze. Signed with aLot 1576 (reduced)1576. “AVIATION”, 1912. CGI: 3-264C. 68mm. Bronze. FrancoiseMontagny, Sc. (Paris Mint-Cornucopia BRONZE edgemark.) AU.Obv: A nude female figure flies above an early monoplane. An eaglesoars above. Rx: A pair of bird wings at top are joined by a brokenchain. At center is an uninscribed cartouche. Below: AVIATIONabove the top of a globe showing the Northern Hemisphere. Thisis the larger of the two sizes on which this medal was struck Thesmaller (50mm) is much more common. (E-F)1577. ELECTRIC AND GAS UTILITY SILVER AWARD MEDAL, CA.1929. 54.5mm. Silver (Edge marked ARGENT) 85.3 grams.Henry Dropsy, Sc. Choice AU. Obverse: Designed and signed byH. Dropsy, this high-relief image shows Satyr, the woodland god,kneeling before a fire. An Aladdin-style gas lantern hangs from atree limb near his right hand. ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE ET GAZDE FRANCE. The obverse depicts a crouched satyr marvelingover a fire on the ground and a lamp hung on a tree. In exergue:H214